tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51888956142062379422015-07-31T20:04:38.184-07:00PAUL LASAINE: BlogProduction Designer • Art Director • Concept Artist • Illustrator • Matte ArtistPaul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-5489362200153525772015-03-03T08:04:00.000-08:002015-03-07T13:20:58.310-08:00Schoolism Live In Montreal With Paul LasaineHey gang,<br />Time is running out to sign up for the Schoolism Live Workshop with Yours Truly on March 14th in beautiful Montreal! That's less than two weeks away!!! What are you waiting for?!?!? Get going! Time is running out!! Sign up now!!!<br /><br />That's right...Schoolism is coming to Montreal on the weekend of March 14th, and I'm going to be teaching a digital painting workshop. If you're going to be in the neighborhood, come and check it out. There will be four workshops over the c<span class="text_exposed_show">ourse of the weekend, and I'll be teaching one of them. It'll be a 4-hour workshop on digital painting. The cost for a single workshop is $60. A bargain!&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="text_exposed_show">But wait...there's more! In addition to myself, workshops will also be given by Production Designer Christophe Lautrette (a very good friend of mine), Storyboard Artist Alex Woo, and Concept Artist Karla Ortiz. It should be a fantastic weekend with more great artsy info and instruction than you can shake a stick at!<br /><br />And...if you sign up for an ALL ACCESS PASS, you'll get $50 off the regular price of $200. Use promocode: LASAINE<br /><br />Click the link below for more info and to sign up! <br /><a href="http://www.schoolism.com/workshop-montreal/">http://www.schoolism.com/workshop-montreal/</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QrcSJnqm_eE/VPXbLOvqJiI/AAAAAAAABSk/bs4ui_BWxYA/s1600/big_banner_montreal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QrcSJnqm_eE/VPXbLOvqJiI/AAAAAAAABSk/bs4ui_BWxYA/s1600/big_banner_montreal.jpg" height="211" width="640" /></a></div></div>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com128tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-28388907408535769732012-12-23T16:22:00.000-08:002012-12-23T16:22:23.846-08:00This Year's Holiday CardTo all my friends, old and new, near and far...Happy holidays.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(This one started out simply as painting practice, but it turned into my holiday card.)</i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3wkC_2w38kE/UNee3fUUw3I/AAAAAAAABNQ/YUCtoiwKlQo/s1600/Lasaine-Holiday+Holidays+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3wkC_2w38kE/UNee3fUUw3I/AAAAAAAABNQ/YUCtoiwKlQo/s400/Lasaine-Holiday+Holidays+2012.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-83850993280469282522011-11-11T22:34:00.000-08:002011-11-11T22:38:34.884-08:00New Puss in Boots PostHey gang,<br />I posted a couple new pieces from Puss in Boots on my <a href="http://lasaineportfolio.blogspot.com/">Portfolio Page</a> the other day. Check it out!Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-27953688292244857872011-06-17T13:00:00.000-07:002011-06-17T13:57:46.042-07:00Toy Story 4?So my wife and daughter were playing Nintendo Wii today, and they had an interesting idea for an upcoming Toy Story installment:<br /><br />They suggested that they need to update the toys in Toy Story to include some of the new virtual toys...like the "Mii" characters you create on the Wii. Of course those characters would only appear on a TV screen, but they would be able to interact with Woody and the gang.<br /><br />I took the concept a step further by suggesting it could be a hybrid of Toy Story and Tron, where some of the Toy Story gang end up having an adventure inside the game?<br /><br />Come on guys...what do you think? Disney owns both properties. It's perfect!<br /><br />Here's the pitch:<br />The film opens with Woody and Buzz playing a Wii (or similar) version of Star Command. They create their 'Mii" avatars, which (because this is Toy Story), come to life inside the game!<br /><br />Cut to: INSIDE THE GAME. Woody and buzz discover that Emperor Zurg is about to hatch his latest diabolical plan: if your Mii dies...you die! Can this be true? Can Woody and Buzz somehow manage to get a message out to their their real world counterparts...before it's too late!?!?<br /><br />Come on on guys, who's with me?<br /><br />Oh, and just in case any of the good folks at Pixar are interested in this idea, it's for sale! Unless of course they're already doing it.Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-49472038862735012672011-04-09T07:23:00.000-07:002011-04-15T22:28:35.609-07:00NY Skyline BackdropLast month, my daughter was in the musical at her elementary school. Due to the school's proximity to several TV and film studios, many of the kids have parents in "the biz". Who am I kidding?!? Many of the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">kids</span> are in "the biz".<br /><br />Anyway, not to be out done, here's the backdrop I did for this year's show, Broadway Bound...a musical review that follows three groups of kids, competing to win a trip to Broadway.<br /><br />I painted it in Photoshop. Then we printed it 10' x 16' (that's about 3m x 5m, for you metric people), and hung it on stage. One of the other parents works at an industrial printing facility. They've got one printer that can print 16' across!<br /><br />Ahh, the interesting things you get to do when you're a parent.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBOfrYOemV4/TaBsDA73usI/AAAAAAAABKM/arxCimzoorI/s1600/NY%2BSkyline%2BBackdrop.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBOfrYOemV4/TaBsDA73usI/AAAAAAAABKM/arxCimzoorI/s320/NY%2BSkyline%2BBackdrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593589536240679618" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-17571393331293157012011-04-08T21:21:00.000-07:002011-04-08T21:39:12.158-07:00Page o' Abstract DoodlesHere's a bunch of (mostly) abstract thumbnail sketches. I do tons of these...often on napkins. Usually, they're no bigger than 2 inches across. They're not for anything specific...just composition practice. I like to do them when I'm bored. I can crank out a lot of them during production meetings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R9E_RTtEyJA/TZ_ioh6KgiI/AAAAAAAABKE/MKfSBIVC7yc/s1600/Abstact%2BSketches%2Bblog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R9E_RTtEyJA/TZ_ioh6KgiI/AAAAAAAABKE/MKfSBIVC7yc/s320/Abstact%2BSketches%2Bblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593438448142418466" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-47865108385055158962011-03-14T23:36:00.000-07:002011-03-14T23:58:45.709-07:00Japan Tsunami/Earthquake ReliefIt's hard not to hear about the horrific events unfolding in Japan.<br /><br />If you've been wondering how you can help, my friend Dice Tsutsumi has set up a relief fund that's really easy to contribute to. Just follow <a href="http://give2asia.org/artistshelp">THIS LINK</a>, have a credit card ready, and follow the directions.<br /><br />If you're not familiar with Dice, he's an amazing artist, and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Originally from Japan, he's now an Art Director at Pixar.<br />Check out his work at: <a href="http://www.simplestroke.com">www.simplestroke.com</a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-51790440385649574152010-11-12T23:32:00.000-08:002010-11-13T00:25:16.053-08:00MOONSHINE: DREAMWORKS ARTISTS...AFTER DARK!Hey, I have a couple pieces in this book! It's a collection of personal artwork by DreamWorks Animation visual development artists. It was put together by two of our production designers: Christophe Lautrette, and Pierre Olivier Vincent. I always find it fascinating to see what kind of artwork commercial artists do in their off hours.<br /><br />Check it out. Better yet, buy it. You can order it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/MOONSHINE-DREAMWORKS-ARTISTS-AFTER-DreamWorks-Animation/dp/1933492945/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1289634524&amp;sr=8-7">here</a> on Amazon for $13.57. Such a deal!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TN5LXmrA1QI/AAAAAAAABJo/LRwOJFyIL9s/s1600/moonshine.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TN5LXmrA1QI/AAAAAAAABJo/LRwOJFyIL9s/s320/moonshine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538947460602320130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TN5Jtx3WKWI/AAAAAAAABJg/r7wnaY5__78/s1600/moonshine.jpg"><br /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-37311742447277453762010-08-21T07:30:00.000-07:002010-08-21T08:39:37.683-07:00Traditional vs. DigitalThis was a fun little exercise: two paintings of the same subject ... one traditional; one digital.<br /><br />I painted the traditional one last week as a demo for the Art Department at PDI (aka, Pacific Data Images, which is DreamWorks Animation's sister facility in the San Francisco Bay-Area.)<br /><br />I was asked to demonstrate how I paint traditionally...specifically my matte painting/illustration technique. Something I haven't done in almost 10 years! Needless to say I was a little nervous. Let's face it...it's hard enough to make a good looking painting on a good day. But to do it when you're out of practice...in front of an audience... Nerve wracking.<br /><br />Originally, they asked me do a plien air (outdoor) painting demo. But as my traditional technique is definitely an indoor studio technique, I opted for a compromise: an indoor plein air painting. So I brought up a landscape image on a big plasma screen, and did a plein air painting from that. I figured, if you can't bring the studio to the mountain...bring the mountain to the studio!<br /><br />I would be lying if I said it went off without a hitch. As I said, it's been almost 10 years since I've painted this way, and it was an uphill slog the entire way. But I'm a professional, so I stuck it out! I actually think it made for a better demo than if it went smoothly.<br /><br />Anyway, for what it's worth, the paintings below are the result. The top one is the actual acrylic painting I did for the demo. The one below, was a warm-up painting I did digitally on my Cintiq.<br /><br />Both are based on a beautiful photo I found on the web (I couldn't find the photographer's name, but it came from a flickr page called "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/winkyintheuk/11450663/in/set-281643/">Winky in the UK</a>". Thanks Winky...awesome photo!)<br /><br />Oh...and a big howdy to the PDI Art Dept gang! Thanks for having me up there. I had a great time, and I hope you all enjoyed watching me sweat this one out! (^-^)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Acrylic</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TG_wQzWrYSI/AAAAAAAABJA/cOYsWcRlka8/s1600/Demo+Painting+Acrylic.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TG_wQzWrYSI/AAAAAAAABJA/cOYsWcRlka8/s320/Demo+Painting+Acrylic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507885040751304994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Digital</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TG_wQK7cvtI/AAAAAAAABI4/VECoMWtaa7Q/s1600/Demo+Painting+Digital.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TG_wQK7cvtI/AAAAAAAABI4/VECoMWtaa7Q/s320/Demo+Painting+Digital.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507885029899681490" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-63417712948712561632010-07-05T08:45:00.000-07:002010-08-04T00:25:03.118-07:00New York CityThis painting goes back a few years. OK, it goes back over 20 years. Way back, when I was an apprentice Matte Painter, my mentor Mike Lloyd gave me a training assignment to get me ready for all the cityscape paintings we were going to be doing on Dick Tracy. The assignment: find a bunch of photographs of New York and Chicago, and make painting copies...one a day (8 hours max.)...black and white only. Of course, as this was matte painting training, it went without saying that the paintings needed to look like photos.<br /><br />Up until this point, I'd never really dealt with architectural rendering on this level, and was pretty lost as to how to include so much detail in such a relatively short period of time. As I progressed from painting to painting however, I discovered that the secret wasn't in the detail you included...but in the detail you left out. The trick was to edit and indicate. Keep it loose, but accurate. Big brushes. Big brush strokes. Practice, practice, practice.<br /><br />This went on for about a month and culminated in the painting below.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Acrylic</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TDIEa3GtmmI/AAAAAAAABIk/VkuWhuYgOvM/s1600/NYC.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/TDIEa3GtmmI/AAAAAAAABIk/VkuWhuYgOvM/s320/NYC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490455755233270370" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-33110783749884880912010-05-10T22:06:00.000-07:002010-07-04T00:38:52.431-07:00Frank Frazetta 2/9/28 - 5/10/10Frank Frazetta died today. Never again will the world look so fantastic.<br />Rest in peace Frank.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S-joHXv791I/AAAAAAAABIU/t58OYmak51s/s1600/Frazetta+Death+Dealer.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S-joHXv791I/AAAAAAAABIU/t58OYmak51s/s320/Frazetta+Death+Dealer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469876960773273426" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-81673625378004949042010-05-06T20:14:00.000-07:002010-05-09T01:37:23.146-07:00Death Valley SketchI finally found a couple of my paintings from the Prince of Egypt Background Department painting trip to Death Valley. Here's the best one...<br /><br />We were painting in the middle of a large patch of sand dunes, when the wind started blowing. It whipped up the sand into a mini sandstorm. The sand went everywhere and got into everything...including our paint. If you run your hand across it, the painting feels like sandpaper. It finally got so bad that we all ended up wearing out sweatshirts around our faces to keep the sand out of our eyes. We looked like Bedouins.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S-XYPzGHbzI/AAAAAAAABIM/VmXwZm_WVEI/s1600/Death+Valley+Paint+Sketch+02.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S-XYPzGHbzI/AAAAAAAABIM/VmXwZm_WVEI/s320/Death+Valley+Paint+Sketch+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469015088436834098" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-57554910913131365512010-04-23T23:47:00.000-07:002010-04-24T00:03:54.955-07:00ValentinaI painted this portrait of my wife a few years back to be used as a prop in one of my many Halloween setups at our house. I was a projected ghost painting the portrait. Sadly I don't have any pictures of the final effect. But you can see a similar effect I put together of a ghost playing the piano in our front window. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EntsUMlHAzs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EntsUMlHAzs</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S9KVHrCD-xI/AAAAAAAABIE/qLu3EbLRnYQ/s1600/Valentina.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S9KVHrCD-xI/AAAAAAAABIE/qLu3EbLRnYQ/s320/Valentina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463593256996829970" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-44417129588694101472010-01-05T23:50:00.000-08:002010-01-06T00:05:14.207-08:00Saturday Morning Sketch #6I did this one a few weeks back, but never got around to posting it. I was trying out a new Photoshop brush my friend Dominique Louis came up with. Thanks Dominique!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S0RDwI-OOnI/AAAAAAAABG0/9OBVFUIqSJQ/s1600-h/Pear-Blog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/S0RDwI-OOnI/AAAAAAAABG0/9OBVFUIqSJQ/s320/Pear-Blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423534345582164594" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-28061274866832513782009-12-26T08:36:00.000-08:002010-07-05T13:24:30.444-07:00Saturday Morning Sketch #5 - DEATH VALLEYI know, I know...my original plan was to paint one of these a week. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans......<br /><br />Anyway, way back when I was co-supervising the Background Painting Dept. on The Prince of Egypt with Ron Lukas, we brought the entire department on a sketching trip to Death Valley. Three days of painting in the desert. For some reason I can't seem to find any of my paintings from that trip. Hmm...<br /><br />We also shot lots of photo reference. This sketch is based on one of my photos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SzY9LebSi-I/AAAAAAAABGs/jjprztXcn0k/s1600-h/Death+Valley.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 135px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SzY9LebSi-I/AAAAAAAABGs/jjprztXcn0k/s320/Death+Valley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419586468942351330" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-85697346430659180952009-08-13T00:49:00.000-07:002009-08-13T01:16:07.551-07:00Drilling VehicleI know...I know...it's been a while since my last post. I've been busy. It comes with having a job...and a family. Also, I haven't been able to post my latest stuff because it's all for films that haven't come out yet. But in the meantime...<br /><br />...here's a design I just finished for a Victorian-style Drilling Vehicle (a la Journey to the Center of the Earth) for my friend who is going to build this, full size, in his front yard this Halloween. Check out his website <a href="http://www.socalhalloween.com/">www.socalhalloween.com</a>. He's a director and Visual Effects Supervisor, and he builds these rather elaborate set pieces at his house for Halloween ...usually involving some kind of vehicle that's been hijacked by an animatronic skeleton and a crow. Last year he built a train that looked like it smashed through his house!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SoPIUwIeJeI/AAAAAAAABC4/pYxv3VaE87A/s1600-h/Drilling+Vehicle.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SoPIUwIeJeI/AAAAAAAABC4/pYxv3VaE87A/s320/Drilling+Vehicle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369355439599134178" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-55108844191947432512009-03-07T12:48:00.000-08:002009-03-07T13:01:00.545-08:00Saturday Morning Sketch #4Flowers are really fun to paint. If you've got a good underlying structure, and you make good colors choices, you can be incredibly loose and they'll still read as flowers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SbLgUP44_kI/AAAAAAAABCw/fJvesRl-9WY/s1600-h/Flower+Sketch+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SbLgUP44_kI/AAAAAAAABCw/fJvesRl-9WY/s320/Flower+Sketch+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310553549090389570" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-64148237937781613762009-02-21T12:47:00.000-08:002009-02-21T13:29:51.026-08:00Saturday Morning Sketch #3My family and I spent a few weeks in Italy last summer. There's so much art there - it's impossible not to be inspired. Of course I shot tons of pictures! Here's a painting based on one of them.<br /><br />Once again, I painted this using Corel Painter. Though I do most of my work in Photoshop, for getting the look of oil paint, Painter still can't be beat.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(No, I didn't paint the entire thing this morning. Most of it, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I painted </span><span style="font-size:85%;">the other night...but I finished it today.)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SaBrsYwQcwI/AAAAAAAABCg/CKFTaTCNZws/s1600-h/Venice.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SaBrsYwQcwI/AAAAAAAABCg/CKFTaTCNZws/s320/Venice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305358771345715970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my lay in...after about an hour of work. One of the nice things about digital painting, is you can keep the early versions of paintings. Often, the under painting is just as interesting as the final product.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SaBv3eT5SGI/AAAAAAAABCo/xhp0j4pvkiQ/s1600-h/Venice+-+Lay+In.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SaBv3eT5SGI/AAAAAAAABCo/xhp0j4pvkiQ/s320/Venice+-+Lay+In.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305363359862442082" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-59225060488777486302009-02-07T21:19:00.000-08:002009-02-07T21:41:57.322-08:00Saturday Morning Sketch #2Here's another quick Saturday morning painting sketch. This one's based on a photo I took from a helicopter somewhere over New Zealand. Most of you know that I worked as an Art Director on the Lord of the Rings. But I also had the great fortune of being in charge of the Scenic Photography Unit. We did most of our work from a helicopter. Actually, two helicopters (but who's counting?) By far the coolest gig I've ever had! Needless to say, I shot a lot of pictures (sadly, before I got a digital camera.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SY5veLdcekI/AAAAAAAABCY/u8p-wij8jBY/s1600-h/New+Zealand+Sketch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SY5veLdcekI/AAAAAAAABCY/u8p-wij8jBY/s320/New+Zealand+Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300296375724702274" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-52063741902550879692009-01-11T07:16:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:52:41.618-08:00Saturday Morning SketchHere's a quick sketch I did in Painter yesterday morning while I was waiting for my family to wake up. Painter's insanely overcomplicated, but there's a few things about it that I love - like their "Oil" brushes. Not the new ones from version 10, which are clunky...but the original ones. My favorites are the brushes called "Smeary Round" and "Smeary Flat". What's cool about them is that they can apply color and smear color in the same stroke. No changing tools. Something Photoshop can't do...as far as I know.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SWoPPRAp5xI/AAAAAAAABA0/w-YlXpGKsHI/s1600-h/Landscape+Sketch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290057467238672146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SWoPPRAp5xI/AAAAAAAABA0/w-YlXpGKsHI/s320/Landscape+Sketch.jpg" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-70900110113658613272008-12-04T09:10:00.000-08:002008-12-04T09:26:37.037-08:00Rare Sketchbook Doodle<span style="font-family:arial;">I don't tend to post sketchbook drawings...mostly because they're usually just shorthand notes for paintings, and not worth looking at. But this one I like. Durring my Dick Tracy days, I did a lot of these little city composition sketches. In fact, there was a while there, where I was doing them on an Etch A Sketch...just for fun. I actually got pretty good at it. Maybe I'll see if I can still do it, and post the results. </span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Maybe.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/STgRt__WTEI/AAAAAAAAA_0/4SkeQksnhlw/s1600-h/City+Drawing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275986445433457730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/STgRt__WTEI/AAAAAAAAA_0/4SkeQksnhlw/s320/City+Drawing.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-23710525630127546122008-11-22T01:37:00.000-08:002008-11-22T01:52:52.250-08:00Late Night SketchIt's been a while. Couldn't sleep this evening, so while surfing the blogs, I came upon a nice painting by <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JWnIWywR_Do/SR568v-gxVI/AAAAAAAAABU/49xXSl2S2wc/s1600-h/jungle.jpg">Erin Lamoreux</a> where she used a square brush for leaves. I just had to try it. Thanks Erin!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SSfTcRjQXdI/AAAAAAAAA_c/leiT5Duigq4/s1600-h/Forest+Sketch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SSfTcRjQXdI/AAAAAAAAA_c/leiT5Duigq4/s320/Forest+Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271414371561528786" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-56994158036401001372008-07-21T07:33:00.000-07:002008-07-21T08:14:19.682-07:00Nintendo DSLast year, my wife bought me a Nintendo DS with the hopes of using it as a digital sketch book. It's been sitting in the box since December, but I finally got all the necessary software and got it running last week.<br /><br />Here are my first feeble attempts to paint on the thing. I have one thing to say...it ain't a Cintiq! The 2" screen, two brush choices (soft-round &amp; hard-round), no undo function, and no selection tools are a long way from Photoshop CS3. But stripping all the bells and whistles away from the digital painting experience is quite humbling and darn good practice.<br /><br />I'm going on a trip to Italy with my family soon and I'm taking it with me. Hopefully I'll have a few sketches to post when I get back. (And hopefully they'll be better than these!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SISmYHS8FiI/AAAAAAAAAwA/-F9T7I2n08o/s1600-h/DS+Painting+%231.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SISmYHS8FiI/AAAAAAAAAwA/-F9T7I2n08o/s320/DS+Painting+%231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225484400862172706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SISmYaCgVEI/AAAAAAAAAwI/68Vix6M-ZMQ/s1600-h/DS+Painting+%232.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/SISmYaCgVEI/AAAAAAAAAwI/68Vix6M-ZMQ/s320/DS+Painting+%232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225484405893518402" border="0" /></a>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-83089846336122850172008-04-06T07:34:00.000-07:002008-04-06T22:09:42.851-07:00Quick Flower SketchI know it's been a while since I've posted. I've been very busy on a new film at Sony, and all my painting time is spent on stuff I can't post...for several years;(<br /><br />In the meantime, I guess I'll just have to be better about finding time to paint for me. I painted the flowers below for practice. It went pretty quick...no more than an hour.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R_jiXBWHkCI/AAAAAAAAAv4/acd9f6nlaHo/s1600-h/Flowers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R_jiXBWHkCI/AAAAAAAAAv4/acd9f6nlaHo/s320/Flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186143856043200546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Based on a photo by Francis Fukuyama.</span>Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5188895614206237942.post-12567484151892622742008-02-28T06:19:00.000-08:002008-03-03T06:11:24.615-08:00Photoshop "Pencil" BrushEver wish there was a decent pencil brush in Photoshop? You can make one.<br /><br />1. Start with this brush. It's one of the standard Photoshop brushes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8v9k-zIR3I/AAAAAAAAAvY/xQtecKGBlsM/s1600-h/Pencil+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8v9k-zIR3I/AAAAAAAAAvY/xQtecKGBlsM/s320/Pencil+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173507408739714930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />2. In the Shape Dynamics section of the Brushes palette, set the Size Control to Pen Pressure and set the Angle jitter to 100%.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8v_eezIR4I/AAAAAAAAAvg/1yZmUQZF8as/s1600-h/Pencil+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8v_eezIR4I/AAAAAAAAAvg/1yZmUQZF8as/s320/Pencil+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173509496093820802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />3. Next, in the Brush Tip Shapes section, set the Spacing to something like 20%. Spacing will control what looks like paper-grain.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Note: as with all brushes, if the spacing is set too low, you run the risk of bogging down the speed performance of the brush...especially with large brushes.)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8wAC-zIR5I/AAAAAAAAAvo/aOlRlBhKPEM/s1600-h/Pencil+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8wAC-zIR5I/AAAAAAAAAvo/aOlRlBhKPEM/s320/Pencil+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173510123159046034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the basic brush, but you can always add other dynamics. I'll often add an opacity control to the brush (found in "Other Dynamics"), so I can get the effect of a light touch.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8wCO-zIR6I/AAAAAAAAAvw/gxhcPFgKpD0/s1600-h/Pencil+4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pYhtd5F751g/R8wCO-zIR6I/AAAAAAAAAvw/gxhcPFgKpD0/s320/Pencil+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173512528340731810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Remember, these dynamics can be adjusted depending upon your needs. For instance, if you don't want your pencil co come to a sharp point at low pressure, turn down the Size Control (from step 1). Or turn it off entirely.<br /><br />OK, that's pretty much it. Now go draw!Paul Lasainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01403625946473228870noreply@blogger.com46